Baltimore album quilts

They have a background of white and incorporate many primary colors such as reds, greens and blues.

Improvements in fabric manufacture and dying provided new colors that were incorporated into the album designs.

The complexity of the designs of the blocks demonstrated the skill and taste of the maker.

Many hours were devoted to the creation of each of these quilts, and many were carefully preserved as family heirlooms.

[1] Dena Katzenberg, textile currator at the Baltimore Museum of Art, organized an exhibition of Baltimore Album quilt coverlets at the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1981.